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2025-08-31-accounts

Heswall Methodist Church – Annual Report, Sept.2024 – August 2025

In times of despondency over the decline of the church, both nationally and with our own church, it is pleasing to report so many positive things in our recent church year.

Our minister, Reverend Phyl Fanning, has continued to support us well into his ‘retirement’ and has agreed to continue until Aug.2027. He has had to support a number of different churches in the circuit in recent times but can now focus on ourselves and the congregations of Irby and Greasby. He is hoping he can steer us through a phase of change considering with us whether the we can embrace a future of one church with multiple congregations.

We have welcomed Paula Dewhirst who is a Lay Pastor, still in her training phase, who is being mentored by Phyl and, as a team, they hope to be able to improve the outreach of our pastoral care. We have a strong team of pastoral visitors continuing their excellent work, and we hope now to be able to focus more on the needs of our members who cannot now attend church due to age or infirmity.

Our worship, has continued to be enhanced by good preaching and the services of our team of organists. Our main organist, Clive Grey, has served us with quality and humility. Our morning congregations have continued to hold up, averaging around 40, and swelled during joint services with Irby and Greasby. Our annual parade service in September is well supported and maintains our links with the young people and their leaders, particularly with the scout group. This links with the Harvest Festival and produces a wonderful response of gifts for Wirral Foodbank.

We continue to benefit from a well-maintained property and a warm and comfortable worship environment, enhanced by our recently installed a/v system improving both sound and screens, along with a good proportion of our members being prepared to help out. Weekly outreach continues to be focussed on the Beacon Coffee Shop and Church Mice. The Beacon continues to raise many thousands of pounds for charities each year as well as providing a friendly environment for church members and many from outside, often lonely, to meet with each other in the supportive environment produced by our volunteers. Church Mice for preschool children had another good year with thirty-plus on the register and continuing to engage with families who are not part of our worshipping community. The Christingle service in December continued that engagement and was well supported.

We again engaged with almost 200 children from the Year 2 and Year 6 pupils of three local primary schools in The Hope Journey. In these a number of church members run rotating workshops about Remembering and Meeting the Characters of the Christmas Story. This is supported and resourced by the circuit children’s team and has been a fixture for over ten years.

Despite gloomy predictions from bygone years and a steadily ageing congregation, we continue to be able to function well as a church community and to provide a degree of outreach to the local community.

The Church Stewards

CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS

HESWALL METHODIST CHURCH

FOR THE YEAR ENDED

31 August 2025

Wirral Methodist Churches Circuit Circuit No. 18/09
Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
1130586

If not a registered charity His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number

(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)

Minister:

Revd. Phyl N Fanning

Church Stewards:

Christine B Anderson Andrew J T Boswell

Stephen J Pillow

Treasurer:

Michael D D Howlett

89 Telegraph Road, Heswall, Wirral CH60 0AE.

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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

HESWALL METHODIST CHURCH

SECTION A Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
£
51,540
2,037
28,034
4,435
Totals this
year
£
51,540
2,037
28,034
4,435
Totals this
year
Totals last
year
£ £ £ £
a1 RECEIPTS Note
a2 Offerings and Tax recovered 51,540 51,540 53,165
a3 Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income
2,037 2,037 5,376
a4 Lettings 28,034 28,034 25,079
a5 Other receipts 4,435 4,435
a6 TOTAL RECEIPTS 81,612 4,435 **86,047 ** (a7) 83,620
SECTION B 51,166
36,030
14,755
1,339
11,000
b1 PAYMENTS
b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 51,166 51,166 48,735
b3 Donations
b4 Repairs and Maintenance 36,030 36,030 38,991
b5 Utilities (Insurances, water
charges, heating& lighting)
14,755 14,755 11,648
b6 Church Administration 1,339 1,339 1,107
b7 Other payments 10,888 112 11,000 78
b8 TOTAL PAYMENTS 114,178 112 **114,290 ** (b9) 100,560
(28,243)
SECTION C
c1 NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR
(a6-b8)
(32,567) 4,323 (28,243) (16,940)
c2 Total funds brought forward from
last year
89,016 2,742 **91,757 ** (c6) 100,258
63,514
c3 (c1+c2)
Sub total
56,449 7,065 63,514 83,318
c4 Transfers and adjustments 7,739 **7,739 ** (c7) 8,439
c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
(c3+c4)
64,188 7,065 **71,253 ** (c8) 91,757 (c6)
SECTION D
d FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL
(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)
£
£
7,957
4,530
7,957
4,530
ORGANISATIONS
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d1 Balance brought forward from lastyear
d2 Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations 7,957 4,530
d3 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID(d1+d2-d3)
Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations
7,957 4,530
d4 ~~2 of 5~~

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HESWALL METHODIST CHURCH

SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL

SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations.

SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page
Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of
an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be
completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting
AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District
and connected District Organisations.
INTERNAL
ORGANISATIONS
Closing balances
e1 Beacon Coffee Shop 2,282
e2 Church Mice
e3 Orion Club 1,680
e4
e5
e6
e7
e8 Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds
e9 trans
e10 ~~TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD~~
BY CHURCH

SECTION F

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2025
f1
f2
f3
f4
f5
f6
f7
f8
f9
Central Finance Board
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)
Bank Deposit Account
SUB TOTAL - Church accounts
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH
Cash in hand
Bank Current Account
OPENING
BALANCES
7,636
51,416
32,705
91,757
(c6)
4,092 (e11)
95,849
(x)
CLOSING
BALANCES
f1 Cash in hand
f2 Bank Current Account 7,636 16,261
f3 Bank Deposit Account
f4 Central Finance Board 51,416 22,229
f5 Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes 32,705 32,763
f6 Other funds
f7 SUB TOTAL - Church accounts 91,757 (c6) 71,253 (c8)
f8 Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)
4,092 (e11) 3,963 (e12)
f9 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 95,849 (x) 75,216 (y)

SECTION G

At 1 September 2024

OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
g1
g2
g3
Other Assets
g4
g5
Other Liabilities
Investments(include Endowments)
Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)
Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
g1
g2
g3
Other Assets
g4
g5
Other Liabilities
Investments(include Endowments)
Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)
Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
*Sums insured
Main Buildings
Venture Hse
Mayfield
Total Contents
g1 Investments(include Endowments)
g2 Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value) £2.76M
£0.74M
g3 Other Assets £0.58M
g4 Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
g5 Other Liabilities £145K

*Sums insured

At 31 August 2025

£2.85M £0.76M £0.60M £149K

f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board

g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5

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Name of Church … HESWALL METHODIST CHURCH

Declarations and Scrutiny

I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees.

19th September 2025

Signature of treasurer …… SIGNED BY MDDH

Name and address of treasurer …… MDD Howlett, 'Barnwell' 17 Long Meadow, Gayton, Wirral

…………………………………………………………………………………. Post Code… CH60 8QQ

Presentation to the Church trustees

Signature of the Chair of the meeting …………SIGNED BY REV P N FANNING

Name of the Chair of the meeting … Rev P N Fanning 16.10.25

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the

HESWALL METHODIST CHURCH

Charity Number …1130586

Responsibilities and basis of report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Heswall Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages 2 to 3. As the Church’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the Church’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

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Name of Church …… HESWALL METHODIST CHURCH

Independent Examiner’s Statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below*) which give me caus that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the exa which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understandin accounts to be reached.

I have/* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Meth Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Boar Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) a sheet date.

Signature of independent examiner …………… SIGNED BY P M LUMB

Name of independent examiner ……… Dr PM Lumb

Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ……………………………

Name of firm (where appropriate) ……………………………………………………………

Address: 22 Farmstead Way, Gt Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code ……

Date …… 26/09/2025

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CHURCH RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS

THE METHODIST CHURCH STANDARD FORM OF ACCOUNTS

HESWALL METHODIST CHURCH

FOR THE YEAR ENDED

31 August 2025

Wirral Methodist Churches Circuit Circuit No. 18/09
Registered Charity - Charity Registration number
1130586

If not a registered charity His Majesty's Revenue and Customs Gift Aid number

(The HMRC number is equivalent to a registered charity number in terms of evidence of charitable status and may be used to give to donors or grant funders wishing to see evidence of the organisation's charitable status. Methodist charities in England and Wales that are not registered charities are excepted from registration under Statutory Instrument 2014 No.242)

Minister:

Revd. Phyl N Fanning

Church Stewards:

Christine B Anderson Andrew J T Boswell

Stephen J Pillow

Treasurer:

Michael D D Howlett

89 Telegraph Road, Heswall, Wirral CH60 0AE.

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ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

HESWALL METHODIST CHURCH

SECTION A Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
£
51,540
2,037
28,034
4,435
Totals this
year
£
51,540
2,037
28,034
4,435
Totals this
year
Totals last
year
£ £ £ £
a1 RECEIPTS Note
a2 Offerings and Tax recovered 51,540 51,540 53,165
a3 Bank and CFB interest and
Investment income
2,037 2,037 5,376
a4 Lettings 28,034 28,034 25,079
a5 Other receipts 4,435 4,435
a6 TOTAL RECEIPTS 81,612 4,435 **86,047 ** (a7) 83,620
SECTION B 51,166
36,030
14,755
1,339
11,000
b1 PAYMENTS
b2 Circuit Assessment or Share 51,166 51,166 48,735
b3 Donations
b4 Repairs and Maintenance 36,030 36,030 38,991
b5 Utilities (Insurances, water
charges, heating& lighting)
14,755 14,755 11,648
b6 Church Administration 1,339 1,339 1,107
b7 Other payments 10,888 112 11,000 78
b8 TOTAL PAYMENTS 114,178 112 **114,290 ** (b9) 100,560
(28,243)
SECTION C
c1 NET RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS
FOR THE YEAR
(a6-b8)
(32,567) 4,323 (28,243) (16,940)
c2 Total funds brought forward from
last year
89,016 2,742 **91,757 ** (c6) 100,258
63,514
c3 (c1+c2)
Sub total
56,449 7,065 63,514 83,318
c4 Transfers and adjustments 7,739 **7,739 ** (c7) 8,439
c5 TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR
(c3+c4)
64,188 7,065 **71,253 ** (c8) 91,757 (c6)
SECTION D
d FOR INFORMATION ONLY: MONEY RECEIVED AND PASSED ON TO EXTERNAL
(these amounts are not to be included in total receipts/payments figures above)
£
£
7,957
4,530
7,957
4,530
ORGANISATIONS
~~2 of 5~~
d1 Balance brought forward from lastyear
d2 Offerings/Gifts - received for external organisations 7,957 4,530
d3 BALANCE STILL TO BE PAID(d1+d2-d3)
Offerings/Gifts - passed to external organisations
7,957 4,530
d4 ~~2 of 5~~

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HESWALL METHODIST CHURCH

SUMMARY OF CHURCH ACCOUNTS AND INTERNAL ORGANISATIONS REPORTING TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL

SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District and connected District Organisations.

SECTION E Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page Please follow the Guidance Notes to complete this page
Summary of the Church accounts for the year ended 31 August 2025 and Internal Organisations reporting to the Church Council/Church Meeting. Note that the funds of
an Internal Organisation would normally be Restricted funds unless it could be clearly shown that they could be used for any Methodist purpose. This section must be
completed to arrive at the gross income and expenditure totals of the Church. If gross income exceeds the Accruals threshold, then the Accruals method of accounting
AND A DIFFERENT FORM must be used to report the accounts (see Methodist website). Please refer to the guidance notes regarding transfers between the District
and connected District Organisations.
INTERNAL
ORGANISATIONS
Closing balances
e1 Beacon Coffee Shop 2,282
e2 Church Mice
e3 Orion Club 1,680
e4
e5
e6
e7
e8 Sub total of Internal
Organisations funds
e9 trans
e10 ~~TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD~~
BY CHURCH

SECTION F

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
CHURCH - CASH FUNDS HELD at 31 August 2025
f1
f2
f3
f4
f5
f6
f7
f8
f9
Central Finance Board
Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes
Other funds
Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)
Bank Deposit Account
SUB TOTAL - Church accounts
TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH
Cash in hand
Bank Current Account
OPENING
BALANCES
7,636
51,416
32,705
91,757
(c6)
4,092 (e11)
95,849
(x)
CLOSING
BALANCES
f1 Cash in hand
f2 Bank Current Account 7,636 16,261
f3 Bank Deposit Account
f4 Central Finance Board 51,416 22,229
f5 Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes 32,705 32,763
f6 Other funds
f7 SUB TOTAL - Church accounts 91,757 (c6) 71,253 (c8)
f8 Total funds held by Internal Organisations (the closing
balance total from above) (e12)
4,092 (e11) 3,963 (e12)
f9 TOTAL CASH FUNDS HELD BY CHURCH 95,849 (x) 75,216 (y)

SECTION G

At 1 September 2024

OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
g1
g2
g3
Other Assets
g4
g5
Other Liabilities
Investments(include Endowments)
Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)
Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
OTHER ASSETS and LIABILITIES
g1
g2
g3
Other Assets
g4
g5
Other Liabilities
Investments(include Endowments)
Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value)
Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
*Sums insured
Main Buildings
Venture Hse
Mayfield
Total Contents
g1 Investments(include Endowments)
g2 Land & Buildings(see notes re Insurance value) £2.76M
£0.74M
g3 Other Assets £0.58M
g4 Loan(s)- show amount outstandingatyear end
g5 Other Liabilities £145K

*Sums insured

At 31 August 2025

£2.85M £0.76M £0.60M £149K

f4 Include only Funds held at the Central Finance Board

g1 Include any other investments (not the cash element of TMCP trusts accounts this is included in line f5

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Name of Church … HESWALL METHODIST CHURCH

Declarations and Scrutiny

I confirm that these Receipt and Payment based accounts for the year to 31 August 2025 have been prepared from the records of the Church and that they include all funds under the control of the Church trustees.

19th September 2025

Signature of treasurer …… SIGNED BY MDDH

Name and address of treasurer …… MDD Howlett, 'Barnwell' 17 Long Meadow, Gayton, Wirral

…………………………………………………………………………………. Post Code… CH60 8QQ

Presentation to the Church trustees

Signature of the Chair of the meeting …………SIGNED BY REV P N FANNING

Name of the Chair of the meeting … Rev P N Fanning 16.10.25

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the

HESWALL METHODIST CHURCH

Charity Number …1130586

Responsibilities and basis of report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Heswall Methodist Church for the year ended 31 August 2025 set out on pages 2 to 3. As the Church’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the Church’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and, in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

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Name of Church …… HESWALL METHODIST CHURCH

Independent Examiner’s Statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below*) which give me caus that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the exa which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understandin accounts to be reached.

I have/* obtained independent verification of all investments with the Trustees for Meth Purposes or held in other trusts, bank balances and funds at the Central Finance Boar Methodist Church which are individually in excess of £10,000 (ten thousand pounds) a sheet date.

Signature of independent examiner …………… SIGNED BY P M LUMB

Name of independent examiner ……… Dr PM Lumb

Relevant professional qualification of independent examiner ……………………………

Name of firm (where appropriate) ……………………………………………………………

Address: 22 Farmstead Way, Gt Sutton, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire

……………………………………………………………………………….. Post Code ……

Date …… 26/09/2025

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